Shloka 10

Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds

Devanagari script

आगत्य वाथ सृष्टिं वै करिष्यथ विशेषतः ते ऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण जग्मुर्भ्रातृगतिं तथा

Transliteration

āgatya vātha sṛṣṭiṃ vai kariṣyatha viśeṣataḥ te 'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa jagmurbhrātṛgatiṃ tathā

Translation

“മടങ്ങിവന്ന്, പിന്നെ സൃഷ്ടികർമ്മം വിശേഷമായി ക്രമബദ്ധമായി നിർവഹിക്കുവിൻ.” ഇങ്ങനെ ഉപദേശിക്കപ്പെട്ട അവർയും അതേ മാർഗ്ഗത്തിലൂടെ പോയി, സഹോദരന്റെ സമാനമായ ഗതി പ്രാപിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• आगत्य: having returned/coming back

• वा अथ: and then/thereupon

• सृष्टिम्: creation, emanation

• वै: indeed

• करिष्यथ: you (pl.) shall do/shall accomplish

• विशेषतः: in a special manner, distinctly, in due order

• ते अपि: they also

• तेन एव: by that very (same)

• मार्गेण: by the path/way

• जग्मुः: went/departed

• भ्रातृ-गतिम्: the course/state attained by the brother (their kinsman)

• तथा: likewise/so also

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal episode of the devas/sons of Brahma being directed toward ordered creation)

Characters & Entities

• Brahma
• Devas
• Pati (Shiva, implied as the supreme regulator of srishti)

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames creation as a regulated act carried out by delegated beings, implying a higher Shaiva governance (Pati) behind srishti—an outlook that supports Linga worship as reverence to the supreme source and regulator of manifestation.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Even when not named explicitly, Shiva-tattva is implied as the transcendent Pati whose ordinance makes creation proceed “viśeṣataḥ” (in an ordered, specific way), while other agents merely follow the appointed path.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The takeaway is niyama and alignment with the ordained path: in Pashupata-oriented reading, the pashu progresses by following the prescribed mārga (discipline and right course), mirroring cosmic order rather than acting from egoic impulse.